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Funeral honors 100-year-old Daytonian once shot down during WWII
Dayton.com
2/24/2021
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Funeral services were conducted Wednesday for a 100-year-old Dayton man who flew 61 combat missions in World War II, including one in which his plane was shot down.
Allen Johnson called Boesch an American hero.
Johnson met Boesch, who was nicknamed “Tin Ear,” through a mutual friend at Friendship Village Retirement Community in Dayton. The friend asked if Johnson would interview Boesch and write a story, which he completed weeks before Boesch’s death.
Boesch’s mind was “still sharp and he can remember details from 75 years ago when he was flying B-26 airplanes over Germany,” Johnson wrote. ....

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